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The latest patents from Olympus and Canon

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Olympus filed patent 2012-3077 in Japan for a 6-24mm f/2.7-6.1 (28-112mm equivalent) and a 6-30mm f/2.4-6.8 (28-140mm equivalent) lenses:      

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New Ricoh GXR body with rotating LCD, Pentax K-mount GXR unit

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Soem readers asked me why I did not cover Pentax in my  CES coverage last week. The problem was that Pentax was part of the PMA@CES exhibition that was at a different location and was surprisingly quiet – there were only 3 people at the Pentax booth when I got there. The Ricoh/Pentax news from […]

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New “Mamiya Leaf” brand formed – companies to integrate products, consolidate worldwide support, service and R&D

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2012

Companies Integrate Products, Consolidate Worldwide Support, Service and R&D TOKYO and TEL AVIV, January 16, 2012 – Mamiya Digital Imaging, a trusted manufacturer and developer of medium-format cameras and optics, and Leaf Imaging Ltd., a leading manufacturer and developer of digital backs for the medium and large-format photography markets, today announced that they have created […]

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Olympus starts new “Oh My Goodness” teaser campaign for their upcoming OM-D camera (updated)

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2012

The back cover of next week’s Amateur Photographer magazine reportedly has a full page teaser ad by Olympus about their upcoming camera. The campaign slogan is “Oh My Goodness” indicating than their product announcement may be related to the old Olympus OM system. The text says something like  “the latest Olympus classic in a long line of design […]

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Samsung at CES

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2012

Samsung did not announce the previously rumored NX20 or the TL-500/EX1 replacement at CES. The company however did confirm to AP that they are working on a high-end compact system camera (NX1?).  The Vice President of Digital Imaging also confirmed the upcoming replacement of the EX1 model. Samsung also made some headlines that it may consider an alliance with Olympus who will be selling […]

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Canon at CES

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2012

For CES Canon announced several new Powershot cameras including their new top model, the G1x ($799):

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Sony at CES

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2012

Sony’s booth at CES was packed with visitors. On the imaging side the company announced only few new Cybershot cameras (pictured bellow) and a new Bloggie Sport Full HD camera. Bloggie Sport specs (pictured on the very right): Mobile HD snap camera shoots Full HD (1920×1080 30p) video and 5.1 megapixel still photos Waterproof, dustproof […]

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Polaroid launches SC1630: the world’s first Android HD smart camera

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2012

Polaroid announced at CES the world’s first Android HD smart camera – the SC1630. Here are the basic features: 16MP CCD sensor 3.2 in. touch screen display 3x optical zoom Wi-Fi capabilities face and smile detection geo-tagging 32GB of memory via a micro SD card one button upload to popular social media networks in camera photo editing Some more images of […]

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Fujifilm X100 black premium edition camera at CES

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2012

Some pictures of the Fujifilm X100 black premium edition camera ($1,699.99):

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Panasonic @CES: new conversion lenses, roadmap, concepts

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2012

In addition to some new compact cameras, for CES Panasonic aslo announced four new conversion lenses compatible with selected Lumix lenses (see press release at the bottom): DMW-GWC1 ($129.95): magnification .79x, compatible with H-PS1402 & H-H014 DMW-GTC1 ($129.95): magnification 2.0x, compatible with H-PS1402 power zoom DMW-GMC1 ($99.95): magnification .35x, compatible with H-PS1402 & H-H014 DMW-GFC1 ($149.95): […]

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